Police in Florida used a Taser to subdue an escaped llama that had them on a wild goose chase for hours.

NBC 6 South Florida reports that Leon County deputies received a call about a sighting of Scooter the llama at about 11 p.m. Friday and the hunt continued throughout the night in the the Killearn Lakes area of northern Tallahassee.

Scooter was spotted again at about 8 a.m. Saturday and, out of concern for its safety, police used a Taser to capture him.

Scooter had escaped from its owners, Sgt. Tony Drzewiecki with the Leon County Sheriff's Office told NBC.

"Our main concern was that he was going to get hit by a car and either get hurt or injure someone else," Drzewiecki told the station. "I've been doing this 20 years and this was the first llama I've ever had to chase."

Once Tasered, Scooter was roped and loaded onto a trailer for the ride back home.

The llama was unharmed and once he was back home, "He was eating his favorite snacks, Triscuits, shortly thereafter," Drzewiecki told NBC.